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Official Straight!? Gear Shop is now LIVE!
🕑 Added 2024-01-06 18:16:54 +0000 UTCY'all asked for-- literally for years now-- and Phase One is finally here.
After a few teases over the past few months, I'm officially opening the Straight!? merch store using RedBubble. This allows them to handle all the transactions and I don't have to take time away from game development to manage shipping or maintain a physical inventory.
From that link, you can click "explore designs" to see all the options. Each design opens up the individual gear for that design. Unfortunately, they won't let me display all the merch on one page :(
Over the past several months, I've been working on a few designs for the store. These are custom designs with only one being pulled from an actual in-game image reference (Zack: Rainbow Variant). I wanted something that was unique and showcased the individual characters and captured their personality in an iconic way.
At launch, we're going with 5 different designs which can all be found from the individual store. but here's the breakdown of the designs in case you have a favorite you'd like to jump to:
Official Cover Art: Black and White Zack : I teased this design before on my official art print video a little while back. I love this art print and it has a special place in my home office. {Note: Mine in the video is just the print, I purchased the frame separately). This design is mostly art prints as well as the dope coffee mug I showed off as well. I went with the classic mug and really recommend it over the "tall" one.
Zack and Braden Together : This design uses a Mr and Mrs Smith approach to the characters and has a ton of stuff including stickers, art prints, pillows, drawstring bags, a super cool mousepad that I bought and love to death, and is one of the t-shirts I modeled earlier (For reference on sizes, I'm 5'11 and around 160lbs and that's a Large shirt).
Zack: Show your support for Team Zack with this design. It's Zack solo and has options for art prints and a graphic t-shirt as well.
Braden: Or show your support for Team Braden with his solo design featuring the same art prints and graphic t-shirt options.
Zack (Rainbow Variant): This final design features solo Zack from the Revamp Save/Load screen. This was one of those pics I messed around with on my own and never actually intended to share but it grew on me, finally finding it's place in the game options screen. This design features art prints, a desk mat and is another one of the t-shirt designs that I personally purchased (again i'm 5'11 and around 160lbs and was wearing a Large for reference).
So here it is, Series 1 of the merch store. Let me know what you think. If you have feedback, I'm open to hearing stuff. I'm also open to requests or ideas for future stuff. If this is popular and it's something y'all want, I don't mind gradually adding new designs and items to the shop during down time. These first designs were things that I designed based on stuff that I would enjoy. I like darker stuff so that's sorta the route I went but I'm ok trying to design brighter stuff, too. Just give me ideas or let me know what you want.
Keep in mind, I want the designs to be SFW but we can definitely do shirtless or even underwear shots probably as long as they're tasteful.
Comments
Richie
I'm a few months late to the party but congrats on your shop! Also, that picture of Zack and Braden back to back is amazing! I think I'd actually prefer it as a wallpaper. Lol
Aaryn
good deal. i like hearing that. this is all new to me so like i said, i'm open to feedback. gotta start somewhere. i did like the world-wide shipping tho since yall are everywhere :)
Sebastian
Thanks for using RedBubble. They have pretty decent shipping rates to Australia. <3
